PM Bohuslav Sobotka calls for quick decision on EU Commission head

Czech prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka has said the Czech Republic is
looking for a quick decision on who should be the new president of the
European Commission. Mr. Sobotka said he would like to see agreement
reached at a meeting in Brussels at the end of next week. He added that
Prague is ready to back the centre-right candidate for the job, former
Luxembourg premier Jean-Claude Juncker. Junker was the outright favorite to
occupy the post following last month’s European Parliament elections. But
support for him has been slipping with some European leaders, such as the
British prime minister, outspokenly opposed to Junker.